The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-13
BRIEF JoTTINCS.

Judge Gould will build cottage on Long
sland.
There were AZ arrests last week, of which
81 were for drunkenness.
The Masons of Norway and Paris will Wis
it Greenwood Garden St. Johns Day.
Forty dollars in silver were stolen from a
Commercial Wharf store on Friday morning.
The Portland Club opened their summer
house Saturday afternoon, and the members
enjoyed the first clam-bake of the season.
II. II. Baxter will photograph the members
of the turnverein next Tuesday-"Field
Day."
James Plummer had a chest of carpenter
tools stolen from stable on Boyd street
Friday.
The Y. w. c. T. U. will hold a regular
meeting this afternoon at O'Clock, at their
headquarters, No. 5l3 Exchange street.
Grimmer's Orchestra will play for Bow
dom sophomore defamation to-day, and for
the Bath High School Friday.
June 22d, Shaw's Quartette with Misses
Annie Greeley and Alice Philbrook will fur
nish the music for Gorham Normal School
graduating exercises.
Mr.. w. A Ramsay has set out 1000 fine
plants in Lincoln Park, and will set out,
this week, three large beds of coleas, be-
sides many fine trees at Deering Park
Large quantities of mussel shells have
been found by the werkmen in the sand
bank back of Washington street, at depth
of fifty feet.
The schooner Ira KilborD, Capt Griffin,
brought in 12,cOO pounds of fish Saturday.
The schooner James Dyer, arrived from the
south Saturday. She stocked $1,000.
The Bracklyn clubhouse on Bracket
street, is to have broad piazza built about
it and two rooms added, and large lawn in
front.
There was on exhibition Saturday at c. A.
Lombard 81 Co.'s fish market on Congress
street young sea lion captured near Harps
we'll by Thomas Peilow and William Smith.
There is fine hawthorn tree with pro-
fusion of white blossoms in front of Mr..
Edgar r. Dow's residence on Congress street.
The tree attracts much attention from pas
sers-by
Elias Hersey, of this city, has the contract
for putting the gravel roofing on the Inter
national Steamship Company's warehouse
at Eastport. There are between sixteen and
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Three young men found an old six pound
cannon near Portland Light, Friday. 1t is
supposed to have belonged to British gun
boat. Mr.. Charles Fox has secured the one
ON Central street
Deering and Winslow sent to Montreal
Saturday the massive southern pine frame
work for great water tank Six pieces
were ~ feet long, 14x14, and Il were AZ feet
long, 12x12.
ID. z. Cox, F. M. Libby, B. w. Dean, A. T
Davis and f. w. Dearborn are the commit
zee 10 arrange the programme fui Tap Day.
July 18th. There will be an ex ursion to the
islands, shore dinner, base ball, etc.
The value of last weeks exports was S18.-
5lS.76. There was included l, l52, 2O9 feet of
lumber. Among the imports were $500 live |
holsters, l,295 hogsheads of sugar, 1909 hogs |
heads OF molasses, 1,125 tons of coal and 366 |
tons of plaster.
C9ur de Leon Commandery, of Knights |
Templar, which will arrive here June 23d. |
with 60 to Bath with Portland Commandery |
St Alban, Commmandery will have their
field day" at Long Island, June oath, and |
dinner at Brewster's.
The Maine Medical Socety's annual sup
per will be held at the Falmouth Hotel June
18th, that of the freshman class of Bowdoin
Thursday evening, the class Of 62 reunion
June 22d, and that of the class of 81, June
23d.
The Jessie b. left on her first trip for the
kennebec Saturday morning. Atkinson,
the furniture man, sent $4,000 worth of
freight The steamer had to leave much
freight behind. A number of passengers
were taken.
June 10Th, the Portland Fraternity will have
reunion at Long Island. There will be base
ball, races, music, dinner, dancing and clam
bake Misses Sparrow, Foster, Stevens,
Col Harrington. Mcssrs. Goodwin, Gibson.
Butler, Anderson, Spear, Shaw, Pearson,
Dickson, Mitchell and Evans are on the COM
mittee.